Why Feeling Taken Care of Can Feel Hard

Learning to Feel Supported (Even When It’s Hard) I’ve been sitting with something deeply human lately—something I think many of us experience but rarely say out loud: it can feel hard to let ourselves feel taken care of. When life has required you to hold a lot—kids, finances, work, relationships—it’s easy to develop an unspoken belief: “If I don’t hold it together, no one will.” For many of us, that belief started long ago, maybe in childhood when we had to grow up quickly, or later, after...